Garment.



s. w. .PEASE.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7 I917.

Patented July 16, 1918.

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GEORGE w. PEASE, 0 rITTsFIE-Ln, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. PEAsn, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Pittsfield,county of Berkshire,-Sta'te ofMassachusetts, have invented anew and useful Garment, of which thefollowing is a specification. 4 7

My inventionrelates to union garments such as overalls, pajamas, orthelike, and has'for its object to produce such a garment which will giveto the movements :of the body of the wearer without unduly strainingthegarment.

A further object is to produce a union garment wherein dust and dirtwill be ex cluded from within the same- A further object is to produceelastic means forholdingthegarment in position, and to provide means forready access to theelastic means from-the outside.

These and further objects will more fully appear in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings,considered together orseparately. "I haveillustrated one em- 'bodying" my invention.

b'odiment ofmy invention in the'accompanying drawings in which likeparts in all of the figures are designated by similar referencecharacters, andinwhich Figure lis a back view of a garment em- Fig. 2 isan elevation,-on an enlarged scale, of the invention viewed from theinside;

'Fig; -3*'i's a section, on'an enlargedscale, on-the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.1

Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4-"'4 ofFig.1.' P Fig. '5 is asimilarview onthe line 55-of I ig.1,".and' Fig.6'is a view similar toFig. 2 of amodification. r My invention relates to a union garment ofthesame general typeas shown" in my (30- pending application for patentfiledJun'e 13, 1916, and; numbered serially 4103,9 71, which is providedwith an opening-extending downthe front fromthe collar to the crotch topermit donningand removing the garment. 7

' In carrying out my invention I provide a garment comprising a bodyportion 1 and a trousers portion 2 secured together except for a veryshort distance at the back ofthe garment at approximately the waist'l1nethus producing a shorthorizontal 'sht 3. A patch 4 of material similartothat of which the garment is made is secured to'the insideSpecification'of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1c, 1918.

Application filed August 7, 1917. Serial No. 184,837.

of the back of the garment above the slit 3 by a row of Stitching 5 ateach side of the patch vertically upward from each side of the slit.This patch produces a pocket open at the bottom from the outside of thegarment, and open at the top from the inside. By means of the slit andpatch the hand i may be passed through the slit at thewaist line andinto the garment over the upper edge of the patch 4. The patch may be anintegral part of the trousers as shown in the drawings or it may be aseparate piece of material stitched to the trousers at that portion ofthe trousers which is not to be attached to the coat portion.

- A suspender comprising an elastic member 6 is secured to the bodyportion 1 in the vertical center of the back thereof and above the patch4. The elastic'member is secured to a tab 7 by means of a buckle orother suitable fastening means 8 so that the suspender may be readilyremovedduring laundering the garment. The. suspender carries the usualadjustable support 9 which carries looped. runners 10, the loops on theends of which engage buttons 11 secured to the patch 4 between the sameand the back of the body portion.

1 The patch extending as it does a considerable distancer above theslit, will prevent exposure of the clothing worn inside the garment no-matter how far the garment may be opened at the Slit, and will alsoclose the slit to Suchan extent as to virtually exclude dust and dirt.

When it is desired to fasten or unfasten the loop of the runner to orfrom the button 11 when the garment is being worn, the hand maybe passedupward through the slit and the" loops readilyv attached or detached toor fromthe buttons.

In order to prevent displacement of the free end of the suspender andthat the loops of the runner may always be in position to be reachedthrough the slit 8, I provide a keeper 12 in theform of a strip orsuitable material which may be stitched or otherwise secured to theinside of the back ofthe body portion 1 directly above the top edge ofthe patch 4. The'keeper is preferably stitched to the body portion ateach Side of the center line, leaving an unsupported portion invertical' alinement with the suspender and with the center line betweenthe .buttons The lower end of the suspender carrying the runneifllO willpass between un} supported portion of the keeper and the back of thebody portion, and as the lower edge of the keeper is in close proximityto the free upper edge of the patch 4: the loops it is obvious that itmay bean integral part of the. trousers orof the body portion.ordertoprevent the garment from gapping at the slit when the suspenderis detached from the buttons and cause theedges of the slit to resumetheir normal positions after they have been moved apart by thebending ofthe body. of the wearer, I provide a stiffening stay 13 attached to theinside of. the trousers. portion andv extending to the. top of thepatche, and a similar stay 14; ex tending from the tab ,7 tothe upperedge of the slit 3. The stays 13 and l lmay be of any suitable materialand-may be secured to the garment inany desired. manner.

It will be understood that instead of making the upper or coat portion 1separate from the trousers 2 and: then sewing them together except fora. short distance at the back the two portions may. be made of a 1single-piece of material, in. which event the patch. must be a separatepiece'sewed on below the slit. I

The operation of my invention is obvious from the above description. I i

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, Ihaverdescribed the prin ciple of my invention, togetherwith theapparatus .whichInow consider to represent the best embodiment thereof,but I desire to have itunderstood that theapparatus. shown ismerelyillustrative-,and that; the invention may be carried out in otherways.v

Having thus described my invention what I noivclaimas new and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is,.

/ 1. A union garment comprising. a. body portion and a. trousersportionpermanently secured together at theback and:front, there being asubstantially horizontal slit, at the back of the garment, the lengthof; said; slit being less than: the distance across the back of thegarment, a member. attached to the trousersv portion. and extendingupward inside of-the body'portion, meansfor securing. said member to.the'body portion at a point distant from the slit, an elastic elementattached to the inside. of; the. body portion above the member and meansfor attaching the element to the member above the slit.

- 2A union garmentcomprising a body portion and a trousers portionpermanently secured together at the front and the back, there being aslit at the back in, proximity to the waist line, a member securedto theinside ofthe backof the garment, a portion of said member beingunattached to the garment, a suspender. attached to. theinsi'de of theback ofpthe garment in vertical alinement with the member, fastening..means carried by the member and being located between the member andthe back of the garment, the. free end of thesuspender extend:- ingbetween the back of the garment and the member and removably attachedto. the latter, said slit permitting accessto the vsuspender from theoutside of the garment at the back.

r 3. A union garment comprising a, body portion and a trousers portion.permanently secured together at the front,andtheback, there being a slitat the backin proximity to the waist line, a. member securedtotheinsideof the back of the garment, a portion of said member being unattached tothe garment, a, suspender attached to the inside, of the back of the.garment in. vertical aline: ment with the member, fastening.meanscarried bythe. member and being located: be: tween, the. member andthe back ofthe garment, thev free end; of;- the Suspenderv extend: ingbetween, the. back of the, garment; and the member and;,removably,attached to the latter, said slitpermitting access tothe. suspender hiside of he garm nt; the back, and .a stiifeningstay carriedby the backof the body portion andextending upe ward om h upper edgetnffihe S it4:... A union garment comprising ab dy portion and a trousers portionsecured" together at the front and the{back,; a;; member securedtotheinside of; the. back ofgthe .garment, a portion of said memberbeingunat; tachedi to the. garment, a. uspender attached to the insideof the back of the ,ga-rment in ic l a inemen nvith h memb r fas e ingmeans carried by the member and being located; between the memberthesback of the garment, the, freeqend, of; the, suspender extendingbetweemthehack of the garment and the member andzjremovably at tached tothelatter, therebeing aslit ill/[118 garment to permit access to-suspender; from t e de. of e arment ti el a k, ari stiffening staycarried by the back of the trousers; portion and extending upwalid; tothe upper edge ofthe member. j

5, A unionv garment, comprising a body portioir and. a trousers.- portiorsecured .to}

gether at the a front and the back, a member Secured th ns d 0i haha1thesar ment, a;portio n. ofJsaid, member being ,unat;

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tached to the inside of the back of the garment in vertical alinementwith the member, fastening means carried by the member and being locatedbetween the member and the back of the garment, the free end of thesuspender extending between the back of the garment and the member andremovably attached to the latter, there being a slit in the garment topermit access to suspender from the outside of the garment at the back,a stifi'ening stay carried by the back of the trousers portion andextending upward to the upper edge of the member, and a stiffening staycarried by the back of the body portion and extending upward from theupper edge of the slit. q

6. A union garment comprising a bod portion and a trousers portionpermanently secured together at the front and back, there being a slitin the back of the garment at approximately the waist line, a membersecured to the inside of the garment below the slit and extendingupward, the upper edge of the member being unattached, a suspenderremovably attached to the inside of the body portion vertically abovethe member, the lower free end of the suspender extending between themember and the back of the garment, and a keeper extending horizontallyacross the back of the garment and re taining the suspender between thekeeper and the back of the garment, said keeper being attached to thegarment at the sides of the suspender whereby said suspender will beretained in alinement with said slit.

7. A union garment comprising a body portion and a trousers portionpermanently member, and fastening means whereby the free end of thesuspender may be secured. to the member.

This specification signed and witnessed this 30th day of July, 1917.

GEORGE W. PEASE.

Witnesses J. F. COLEMAN, A. E. BENTON.

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Washington, D. G.

